Reviews Supplemental

sorry for the wait flocks

30 Jan 2016: The Replacements/"Sorry, Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash" (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/12/razors-edge-by-acdc.html

i hate music is a masterpiece
something to do reminds me of iron maiden's cover of women in uniform the way guy says "something" is a lot like the way di'anno says "women"

i want to say this is the band's best album
need to relisten to let it be though

31 Jan 2016: Brand New/"Leaked Demos 2006" (2015)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/01/julio-and-case-of-missing-train-station.html

This album was apparently only released on cassette tape.

what the FUCK is that instrument on missing you
it is annoying as FUCK

there are worse bands out there:

31 Jan 2016: Electric Light Orchestra/"Time" (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/11/kill-em-all-by-metallica.html

any album that begins with a track called "prologue" and ends with a track called "epilogue" just has to be good right
surprisingly
it was pretty good
minus prologue naturally
epilogue was fine


guys
the best decade for elo
was the 80s
i don't care if all their classics were in the 70s
they were pretentious as fuck in the 70s
in the 80s they cared more about making nice songs

01 Feb 2016: "Again" by The Beatles

Two tracks here are from A Hard Day's Night, and two are non-album singles. The problem is, Matchbox and Slow Down aren't really the band's best, so just buy A Hard Day's Night instead.

01 Feb 2016: Dinosaur Jr./"Farm" (2009)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/11/famous-by-puddle-of-mudd.html

legitimately one of my favourite bands
i'll finish off their discography soon

01 Feb 2016: Savatage/"Fight for the Rock" (1986)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/11/black-and-blue-by-backstreet-boys.html

02 Feb 2016: Kasabian/"48:13" (2014)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-not-asleep-by.html

let's just finish with this mediocre band and call it a day

glass features a cheesy "inspirational" monologue by someone with an annoying accent
i don't care about "standing up for what i believe in" or whatever the FUCK
rosa parks - good for her she did a thing
i do not want to do a thing
so fuck off

great band or greatest band:

02 Feb 2016: The Rolling Stones/"Steel Wheels" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/11/back-in-black-by-acdc.html

80s the rolling stones is always a good idea

this is by far the best album the band released in the '80s
that's not really saying much though
i wish a few of the songs were shorter

03 Feb 2016: The Replacements/"All Shook Down" (1990)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-complete-saga.html

finishing discographies is my favourite naked
it's not really their last release i'm going to review but it is their last album so it will sate me for a while

not bad but not great
kind of laid-back i guess you'd say
it's better than i'd imagined it would be at least

03 Feb 2016: Foghat/"Rock and Roll Outlaws" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-next-by-who.html

bookended by the best tracks which is always nice

04 Feb 2016: Sparks/"Propaganda" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-strings-attatched-by-nsync.html

04 Feb 2016: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer/"Tarkus" (1971)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-redemption-by.html

help
the album begins with a twenty-minute progressive rock SUITE
help

i actually
enjoyed
the suite
help


the only way is some fedora-tipping bullshit
it's followed by a filler instrumental
if not for those two tracks this would be a great album
SHAME THEY FUCKED IT UP

05 Feb 2016: Genesis/"And Then There Were Three" (1978)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-help-by-just.html

probably the last genesis album i'll ever do
not a great note to go out on

05 Feb 2016: George Thorogood and the Destroyers/"Maverick" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/10/as-bad-as-this-by-timothy-lee-band.html

gear-jammer is the best george thorogood song
i've been saying this for years


i drink alone would be better if it were half as long

06 Feb 2016: The Cult/"Hidden City" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-city-by.html

sounds about like what you'd expect a "thirty years later" album to sound like

06 Feb 2016: The Who/"It's Hard" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/10/backstreet-boys-by-backstreet-boys.html

About a year ago, I said I'd do It's Hard when I got to doing the GTA soundtracks. I'm not doing that, so I'm reviewing this shit here and now.
i'll totally do rock band 4 after i actually play it though
I actually miss having a big project like that to do. Rereading all my reviews from that project, I just had more to talk about. Even if the album wasn't interesting, I would just talk about the game.
also i think i'm hilarious and i love my jokes


It's Hard features one of the band's best songs, Eminence Front. it's a put-on Everything about it is pretty much perfect.
The title track's verses are so lethargic that I'm actually getting sleepy.


mediocre as fuck

07 Feb 2016: Dinosaur Jr./"Dinosaur" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-julio-by-julio.html

This was the first Dinosaur Jr. album (back when they were still called "Dinosaur"), and the only one I haven't reviewed.
BUT DON'T WORRY
OR DO WORRY
BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO EPs BY THIS BAND I WANT TO REVIEW AFTERWARD

This one is okay. The band hit their stride with their next album, You're Living All Over Me. Nothing here is particularly special.

07 Feb 2016: Little Feat/"Representing the Mambo" (1990)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/09/millenium-by-backstreet-boys.html

Texas Twister is one of those songs I put on just about every GH and RB list I ever made after I found it (including the recent ones). I was proud of finding this song. Eifion hadn't used it, no one had. It was my song. It will always be my song, along with Here I Am, White Lace and Strange, and School.
However, despite having used Texas Twister in just about every GH and RB list I've ever made, I haven't listened to this album before today. THAT CHANGES uh TODAY


The album begins with Texas Twister, which was about the best decision they could have made.
Oddly, the title track is very nearly a ballad. It's a bit overblown and very nearly pretentious. The choir of female backing vocalists makes it seem like they were trying way too hard.


The thing about Texas Twister that made me want to listen to this album was that it's an uptempo song with a great riff. The album itself has far too many downtempo songs that start to sound the same very quickly.

08 Feb 2016: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/"Echo" (1999)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-yellow-by.html

After this, we've just got one solo Tom Petty album and we're done with him.

the epitome of mediocrity
the title track is way too long and it's the same shit over and over and over

this album has no reason to be this long
just
you don't have the material
for a fifteen-track album
you don't even have the material for a four-track ep

08 Feb 2016: Tommy Bolin/"Teaser" (1975)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/09/testing-tester-by-testy-testers.html

We're at the point where I have to add two posts to the blog each and every day. One at the end (today), and one at the beginning.
Eventually, we will have reviews from the '90s.
We must all never forget, however, that these reviews started on 9/11/09.

I hate how they put the bonus track in the middle of the album. It's easily the worst one here.
the last two tracks really didn't need to be over ten minutes long thanks

09 Feb 2016: Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac/"Mr. Wonderful" (1968)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-sleep-by-guys.html

pretty much every song sounds alike
but it's a good song

09 Feb 2016: Free/"Free" (1969)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/09/9-9-09-by-09er-49ers.html

This album is a lot better than Fire and Water, despite not having a huge standout like All Right Now.
not a lot because after i typed that the filler began to pour in

With a title like Mouthful of Glass, I was expecting something that wasn't the epitome of filler instrumentals.

If this and Fire and Water had been condensed into one album, it would have been absolutely great.
SHAME THEY FUCKED IT UP

10 Feb 2016: U2/"Pop" (1997)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-club-crackers.html

The mid-'90s were when U2 decided to try and be Radiohead. It didn't work very well.
Unlike Zooropa, which was 100% "what", this album mixes in actual songs. It's a nice change.

10 Feb 2016: The Who/"Odds and Sods" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/09/frogs-by-frogmen.html

This is basically just outtakes they never released. Given the stunning quality of what they actually decided to release, my hopes are rock bottom.

11 Feb 2016: Nine Inch Nails/"Still" (2002)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/02/julio-and-case-of-missing-authenticity.html

Not at all what comes to mind when I think of Nine Inch Nails. Reznor must have been seriously depressed or some shit.
It's not a very enjoyable listen. The Becoming is great, though.